THIS is the terrifying moment a man was attacked by a pet lion after trying to shake the paw of the dangerous predator.

A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year’s Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent weeks.

Weeks before a 46-year-old Fort Collins woman was killed in a mountain lion attack near Estes Park, a Glen Haven resident fought off a lion on the same trail. Gary Messina, an ultra marathon runner ...

A camper at a California state park rode his bicycle to the ranger station in an effort to get cell service but got a whole lot more: A very close encounter with a mountain lion. The unidentified man ...